تفاهة

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ت ف ه (t-f-h). The corresponding verb is تَفِهَ (tafiha, “to be tasteless, banal or insipid”).

Noun[edit]

تَفَاهَة • (tafāha) f

  1. banality
  2. flatness
  3. absurdity
  4. insipidity

Declension[edit]

Declension of noun تَفَاهَة (tafāha)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تَفَاهَة
tafāha 		التَّفَاهَة
at-tafāha 		تَفَاهَة
tafāhat
Nominative تَفَاهَةٌ
tafāhatun 		التَّفَاهَةُ
at-tafāhatu 		تَفَاهَةُ
tafāhatu
Accusative تَفَاهَةً
tafāhatan 		التَّفَاهَةَ
at-tafāhata 		تَفَاهَةَ
tafāhata
Genitive تَفَاهَةٍ
tafāhatin 		التَّفَاهَةِ
at-tafāhati 		تَفَاهَةِ
tafāhati

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “تفاهة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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